Cover-holder for ironing-boards.



T. E. THORN.

COVER HOLDER FOR IRONING BOARDS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25. $916.

1,217,368; Patented Feb.27,1917.

TE Tim/'12 'structed device whereby the cover of THOMAS E. 'rrionn, orsermon, OREGON.

COVER-"HOLDER FOR IRONING-BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented; Feb, 2'7; 191?,

Application filed April 25, 1916. Serial No. 93,426.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS E. THoRN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Bandon, in the county of Coos andState of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCover-Holders for ironing-Boards, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the coversupon ironing boards and for like purposes, and has for one of itsobjects to provide a simply conan ironing board may be readily appliedwithout the necessity for employing tacks, screws, or like devices, andwhich may be as readily removed when required.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawingsillustrative of thepreferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is aperspective view from beneath of a conventional ironing board with thecover partially removed and the improved holding devices applied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from above of a portion of the larger endof the ironing board with one of the holding devices applied;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail illustrating the operation of theimproved holding device;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the portion of the device shown in Fig.3 without the fabric member;

Fig. 5 represents enlarged detached perspective views of the memberscomprising the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device comprises a staplelike member 10 adapted to beforced into the body of the ironing board, represented conventionally at11, at suitable intervals and spaced from its edges with the bar portionof the staple spaced a short distance from the body of the board, asrepresented at the right of Fig. 1. Any required number of the devices10 may be employed and located at any required distance apart, andgener-' ally one ofthe staple'devices will be located in the upper faceof the board near the larger end, as illustrated in Fig. 2. A pluralityof holding devices constructed of wire in the form shown at the left ofFig. 5 are employed and each including a relatively long loop portion 12and pointed terminals 13, the latter a trifle greater than the distancebetween the leg portions of the staple members 10 and preferably withslight depressions 14: to cause them to frictionally engage the legs ofthe staples. The portions 13 are needlepointed to enable them to bereadily inserted through the material of the cover, the latter beingrepresented conventionally at 15.

To apply the improved device the cover 15 is stretched over the boardwith its edges covering the staple devices 10 and the points 13 of theholding members inserted through the cloth and beneath the stapledevices, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the hollows 14 and the relativelylong loop portions 12 hearing against the leg portions of the stapledevices, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 and firmly held in place by theresiliency of the material of which the parts are constructed. Bystretching the cloth before the holding devices are inserted stress willbe applied to the cover to hold it firmly in position, and this stressmay be increased to any required extent by stretching the cloth over thestaple devices before the holding members are inserted.

In devices of this character the larger end of the board 11 is generallyleft exposed to provide a place for the'deposit of the flat ironstand,and when the cover is thus arranged one 'or more of the staple devices10 will be inserted in the upper face of the board near the larger endto hold the adjacent end of the cover, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The improved device may be applied to boards of any shape or size, andto either or both sides of the board. The devices lie close to the faceof the board, hence are not liable to be disarranged by contact withsurrounding objects and will not injure garments or other articles whichmay be drawn over the board. The fastening device may also be used uponthe upper face of the board in stretching the cover lengthwise when itdoes not reach the ends.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be readily appliedwithout changbeing spaced apart a distance ing the structure of theboard, and Without injuring the cover, and enables the laundress toreadily apply and remove the covers.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is 1. Afabric holding device comprising an arching member adapted to beconnected to a supporting body, and a holding member including pointedsides spaced apart and a laterally directed loop, the terminals of theloop portion extending beyond the side portions, said side portionsadapted to be thrust through the fabric and beneath the arching member.

2. A fabric holding device comprising an arching member adapted to beconnected to a supporting body, and a holding member including pointedsides spaced apart and a laterally directed loop, the terminals of theloop portion extending beyond the side portions with inwardly directeddepressions at the juncture of the side and loop portions, said sideportions adapted to be thrust through the fabric and beneath the archingmember, and said depressions yieldably e11- gaging the arching member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS E. THOR-N. [L s.]

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